I'm Planning on building a new computer.. For the past month I've been looking around at parts and I think I kno what I want to get.. My budget is under 1000$ and all parts from http://www.infonec.com.. It's a gaming/workstation pc.

that motherboard has an agp slot and that video card has a PCI-E connector. i suggest getting a NForce 4 based motherboard. also get a good brand name psu...enermax, seasonic, thermaltake, fortron, ocz...
also if your going to be gaming i would get a A64 3000 in stead and use the money saved to get a better video card.

Last edited by Joeg_7 on Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:34 pm, edited 2 times in total.

He might also get an nForce4 board rather than a Via based motherboard. And I'm not too sure about that video card's price since it's not a 6600GT model. Others here will know better about whether the 256 MB on the card mean anything compared to the 128 MB models available. My memory is that it doesn't mean much, and they may use slower RAM on such boards.

i've been hearing the antec psu's have been prone to failure lately.
tell us how much you plan on spending and let some of us suggest entire systems for you. include a list of the parts you already have.

lex-ington wrote:Or you can get the 64-3000 for now for $100 less and get the case and PSU you REALLY want and will do you justice and upgrade the CPU at a later date - they're gonna drop in price soon enough.

Yeah, X2 by that time!

All these relatively low price stores you do have to be careful especially if you are a first time buyer. I would add one more to the mix:
http://www.gogocomputers.com/

I do agree with getting a lower cpu like the 1.8 3000+ but it does have 1600mhz FSB vs the 3200+ at 2000mhz...will that effect anything? its about 60$ diff between the two.

Also video cards, since I'm on a budget as well I was thinking about getting a 6600 256meg some sort of card for like $150+ and just get one that is an SLI card so I can buy two in a few months. Is that a good idea?

I do agree with getting a lower cpu like the 1.8 3000+ but it does have 1600mhz FSB vs the 3200+ at 2000mhz...will that effect anything? its about 60$ diff between the two.

Also video cards, since I'm on a budget as well I was thinking about getting a 6600 256meg some sort of card for like $150+ and just get one that is an SLI card so I can buy two in a few months. Is that a good idea?

Thanks

As of yet, newegg does not ship to canada. If you feel like tigerdirect is up to your liking, then go for it.

link for the same card lickety linked to but from the canadian website.

I am in Toronto, I just purchased this:
http://secure.ncix.com/pcbuilder/index. ... id=2157000from NCIX.com
the shipping+insurance came out to a little over $100 BUT I only paid 7% tax. This is my first dealing with NCIX but I have had many friends who have had good experiences, now I just have to wait for its arrival...

As for the case, I would suggest the Sonata 2, solid case for a good price considering it comes with a power supply...